Publishers Weekly Profiles Wisdom Publications CEO Tim McNeill
Via Go Beyond Words: Wisdom Publications’ Buddhist Blog: Publishers Weekly profiles Wisdom CEO Tim McNeill.
Rev. Danny Fisher
Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings
April 6, 2009
AFP: Thai and Cambodia Officials Talk to Defuse Violence at Preah Vihear
In a follow-up to yesterday’s news about the flare-up between Thai and Cambodian forces near Preah Vihear temple, the Agence France-Presse is reporting that “Cambodian and Thai officials held talks to prevent fresh fighting on their border.”
April 6, 2009
Religion Dispatches: Nick Street on the Controversy Around Bishop Forrester’s Zen Practice
Professional journalist and Zen priest Nick Street has good reporting and reflection on the flap over Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester, the Episcopal bishop and Zen practitioner who has caused some controversy among conservatives within his tradition, over at Religion Dispatches. Take a look.
April 6, 2009
UBCV Leader Thích Quảng Độ Protests Mining of Bauxite in Vietnam by the Chinese
“Vietnam’s dissident Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Độ has joined a group to oppose a Vietnam government plan to mine bauxite.” Photo by the Agence France-Presse.
According to the Agence France-Presse, Thích Quảng Độ, head of the government-banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), called on workers to “stay away from factories to protest the plan to allow Chinese companies to mine bauxite in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.”
The UBCV is a religious organization that has repeatedly refused to come under state control since its inception. In addition, as mentioned above, the Buddhist order has been effectively banned by the communist government since the 1980s. As I blogged last August, Thích Quảng Độ has been the leader of the UBCV since the death of its patriarch, the Most Ven. Thích Huyền Quang.
